Physician s straddle-stand



J. B. CLARK.

PHYSICIAN'S STRADDLE STAND.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 28. 1911.

Patented July 1, 1919.

Invepior, James Bayard Clark,

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UNITED es rA'rENT OFFICE.

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Be it known that I, JAMES BAYARD Chaim, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of the city of New York, in the borough of Manhattan, county of New York, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Physicians Straddle-Stands, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to rovide a piece of furniture for use in prophy axis and treatment of sexual infections and constructed from an anatomical standpoint so as to comfortably seat almost any sized person of either sex. A further object is to so construct the stand that the patient will be brought into a position convenient to the physician for a standardized clean and correct treatment of the genital region so that the parts can be thoroughly inspected and cleaned and any necessary injections or irrigations easily given with water at regulated temperature or medicated solutions. A further object is to so construct the stand that the patient will not need to remove his clothes but will be forced to make adequate exposures for inspection and the proper treatment, and expeditious service will be facilitated, While the clothing is completely protected from wetting or staining, as in the inspection and treatment of large bodies of troops. A further object is to bring all the paraphernalia within easy reach on the stand and laid out in the order of using, whereby treatment with rapidity and accuracy is assured. A further object is to provide a piece of apparatus which will insure the confidence of the patient, impart to him a lesson in cleanliness and order, and prompt the medical attendant to uniformity in treatment.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings which forms a part of this application,

Figure 1 is an isometric view of a straddle stand embodying this invention, and

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section.

The straddle stand comprises a bowl 3 which is provided with a table 4, and a born 5, the horn being hollow to form an open drain or trough the bottom of which slopes toward the bowl and the trough leads into the bowl. At the outer end of the horn or trough the upper edge is provided with a saddle which is inclined forward on which H Specification of Letters-Patent.

Patented July 1, 1919.

' I Apiilihtiiinfiled November 283 9 1 Serial 110. 264,374.

the Patient sits 'astride the horn. The front of t e bowl on either side of the horn has concave faces which conform to the limbs of the user, and which in cooperation with the inclined seat insure his taking the proper position. The bowl, table, horn and seat are preferably a one-piece white enameled iron casting. Firm support is provided in order that a patients weight may be sustained when he is seated at the end of the horn. The form of support shown consists in securing the bowl and table portion to the wall of the room and placing under each edge a bracket 7 which is also secured to the wall, but it is not essential that the support should be wholly or partially from the wall. A drain pipe 8 leads from the bottom of the bowl, and a tap 9 rises from the table, through which water, either hot or cold or in combination may be drawn. A hot-water pipe 10 and a cold-water pipe 11 lead to this tap. A flexible hose 12 1s attached to the ta and terminates in a nozzle 13 of any suitab e description, a rose nozzle being shown. The stand is preferably installed so that the seat will be at a height of about twenty-eight inches from the floor, as this brings the patient at a convenient height for treatment by a physician of average stature, and brings a patient with average length of limb nearly into a standing position and more accessible for treatment than if in a full sitting posture. The form of support is such that there is space under the horn unobstructed by legs or brackets.

A patient to be treated drops his trousers and drawers, but does not of necessity remove any of his clothing, straddles the horn, sits upon the seat in a perfectly relaxed position at the end of the horn and facing the bowl while still maintaining nearly an upright posture with the front side of the bowl preventing him from sliding forward from the seat onto the narrow part of the horn, and with his weight in part, dependving somewhat on his stature, supported seat inclined toward the bowl and the bowl having faces on each side of the horn which prevent the user from sliding forward from the seat, substantially as described.

2. A straddle'stand provided with a bowl and a horizontally pro eating horn having a seat inclined toward the bowl and the bowl 10 having concave faces on each side of the horn which conform to the limbs of the user and prevent him from sliding forward from the seat, substantially as described.

Signed'at New York, N. Y., this 23d day 15 of November, 1917.

JAMES BAYARD CLARK.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

' IWa'shington, D. C. 

